This Just In ... Sort Of

From an email I received yesterday and now to be found on the "Yeah, I Started Posting Again" Journal of Medicine:


I know what you are thinking. You are confused by the unfamiliar handwriting. “This is not Phyllis” you say, and you are correct. It is, rather, her husband, Doug if you don’t know me, and if you do, you will just have to learn to live with it. I have been assigned the task of writing the “Hip Chronicles”, and this is the first installment.
Between 0732 and 1009 on the morning of 10 February, 2008, Phyllis was the prominent feature in a skilled medical procedure that had a portion of defective skeletal structure replaced with shiny, exotic and expensive metal: in a word – new hip. Our eldest daughter, Tacy and I anxiously whiled away the hours waiting for the doctor’s report by enjoying a sumptuous (if hospital cafeterias can provide sumptuous) breakfast of eggs, hash browns, sausage and coffee, followed later by juice and more coffee and congenial repartee. Finally, at 1130 the doctor came in to announce that The Phyllis came through with flying colors. He did say that she had one of the most arthritic hips that he had ever seen! The surgery took some time longer because he had to remove some considerable bone growth from around the hip socket. But all was accomplished, and we were visiting with a lucid and happy wife/mother. She had a spinal block plus some damitall to keep her numb and woozy so she did not have to have general anesthesia which would have taken much longer to revive. By 1300 hours, she had been awake a whole day’s worth of hard work, and we left her to rest. She has this afternoon filled with such tasks as dinner, (her first meal since last afternoon) and she must sit up, that is, bend her new hip 90 degrees. Tomorrow the real exercise begins, and I am planning on taking some polka music (45s, naturally) on my visit.
I will keep you all posted anon.
Doug

In other news, I rode my bike in to work today for the first time since February 25th. This despite the fact that my knee is not 100%. That's the difference between me and the EG. She has hip pain and gets a new hip. I have knee pain and ride my bike.